Re: Largest digit (number) with a name?

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From: John Morrison
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 00:00

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Mick wrote:
> 
> In article <4dc4c6$15k@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca>, michaelg@julian.uwo.ca (Michael Glenn) says:
>>
>>What is the largest digit with a name?
>>
>>eg: million, billion, quadrillion, etc...
>>
>>Can you also include the numerical value
>>
>>eg: 1000 or 100 000  or 1 X 10^4 etc...
>>---------------------------------
>>Michael Glenn
>>The University of Western Ontario
>>michaelg@julian.uwo.ca
>>
> googol - a number that is equal to 1 followed by 100 zeros.
> googolplex - a number that is equal to 1 followed by a googol of zeros,
> expressed as (10)^(10^(100))
> 
> This according to Webster.
>

All this reminds me of one of my favoutite crossword clues:

	"Love in a Russian author is a very large number (6)"


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